... "social agriculture" and "strategic agriculture" are the development and implementation of strategies that provide farmers — in this case from villages in Saudi Arabia — access to technology, solutions and innovations, said Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed, a graduate of the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a faculty member.

Al-Rasheed is leading the effort with Joel L. Cuello, a UA professor of biosystems engineering, and Kevin M. Fitzsimmons, a UA research scientist and CALS director of international programs.